Series 2 (1977)

Family Matters
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September 3, 1977 • 50m

Louisa's only brother, ne'er do well Arthur, returns to London after a decade. Her mother pressures Louisa into offering him a job...Read more

Poor Catullus
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September 10, 1977 • 50m

When two high spirited Oxford students play a prank on Louisa, she goes along with the fun and finds a Professor of Classics pitch...Read more

A Lesson in Manners
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September 17, 1977 • 50m

Louisa takes a callow chauffeur in tow and tries to turn him into a 'proper gentleman,' when his kind, elderly and wealthy employe...Read more

Winter Lament
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September 24, 1977 • 50m

Louisa visits Lord and Lady Haslemere in Yorkshire and finds a bleak and desperately unhappy household.

The Passing Show
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October 1, 1977 • 50m

Louisa urges Charlie to get on with his life and a smooth and very suave actor beds Violet, who promptly gets the sack.

Your Country Needs You
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October 8, 1977 • 50m

With the outbreak of the Great War, the staff are galvanized to help in the effort and keep the hotel running as usual. Louisa tak...Read more

The Patriots
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October 15, 1977 • 50m

Louisa is concerned when a government official informs her that the Bentinck has become a spies nest and implicates a member of her staff.

The Reluctant Warrior
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October 22, 1977 • 50m

When the hotel sustains damage after it's grazed by a bomb, Ethel takes a shine to a conscientious objector, assigned to ferret ou...Read more

Tea and a Wad
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October 29, 1977 • 50m

Louisa brings a bit of England to France when the Major enlists her to fashion a tea and sandwich shop, military style and Charlie...Read more

Shadows
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November 5, 1977 • 50m

Charlie returns to London and the Bentinck when he's been wounded and puts on a cheerful and brave face, but his situation is far ...Read more

Where There's a Will
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November 12, 1977 • 50m

With the war at an end, Louisa is at the precipice of an emotional collapse and financial ruin.

The Legion of the Living
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November 19, 1977 • 50m

Ghosts of Visits to Yorkshire Past interfere with key decisions Louisa must make in the present, chiefly, deciding what will be be...Read more

Lottie
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December 3, 1977 • 50m

While a few of the staff know of Lottie's origins, others have set their tongues wagging about just why this young girls seems to ...Read more

Blossom Time
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December 10, 1977 • 50m

Lottie returns to the Bentinck from finishing school in Switzerland for a bit of a holiday and has her art teacher, Miss Olive Bra...Read more

Poor Little Rich Girl
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December 17, 1977 • 50m

Louisa and Lottie are at loggerheads -- Louisa wants her daughter to be a proper lady, as befits the daughter of a Viscount. Lotti...Read more

Ain't We Got Fun
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December 24, 1977 • 50m

Change is in the air at the hotel and in the lives of its many residents. An American writer, Sophie Applegate, would like to pen ...Read more